"Dionne Warwick Marie Dionne Warwick (; ; born December 12, 1940) is an American singer, actress, and television show host who became a United Nations Global Ambassador for the Food and Agriculture Organization and a United States Ambassador of Health. Warwick ranks among the 40 biggest hit makers of the entire rock era, based on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 Pop Singles Charts. She is second only to Aretha Franklin as the most-charted female vocalist of all time, with 56 of her singles making the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 between 1962 and 1998, and 80 singles making all ""Billboard"" charts combined. Marie"
"Dionne Warrick, later Warwick, was born on December 12, 1940 in Orange, New Jersey, to Mancel Warrick and Lee Drinkard. Her mother was manager of the Drinkard Singers, and her father was a Pullman porter, chef, record promoter and CPA. Dionne was named after her aunt on her mother's side. She had a sister, Delia (""Dee Dee""), who died in 2008 and a brother, Mancel Jr., who was killed in an accident in 1968 at age 21. Her parents were both African American, and she also has Native American, Brazilian and Dutch ancestry. She was raised in East Orange, New"
"Presenting Dionne Warwick Presenting Dionne Warwick is the debut album by American singer Dionne Warwick, released in 1963 on the Scepter label. It was produced by Burt Bacharach and Hal David. The album is notable for including ""Don't Make Me Over"", Warwick's debut single, ""Wishin' & Hopin'"", which would become a hit for Dusty Springfield in 1964, ""It's Love That Really Counts"", which brought Warwick to the attention of Scepter owner Florence Greenberg, and ""Make It Easy on Yourself"". ""Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah"" features backing vocals by Dionne's sister Dee Dee Warwick and The Shirelles. The album was digitally remastered and reissued on"
"CD on May 15, 2007, by Collectors' Choice Music. Presenting Dionne Warwick Presenting Dionne Warwick is the debut album by American singer Dionne Warwick, released in 1963 on the Scepter label. It was produced by Burt Bacharach and Hal David. The album is notable for including ""Don't Make Me Over"", Warwick's debut single, ""Wishin' & Hopin'"", which would become a hit for Dusty Springfield in 1964, ""It's Love That Really Counts"", which brought Warwick to the attention of Scepter owner Florence Greenberg, and ""Make It Easy on Yourself"". ""Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah"" features backing vocals by Dionne's sister Dee Dee Warwick and The"
"Dionne (album) Dionne is a 1979 album by the vocalist Dionne Warwick. It was recorded during the winter of 1978–79, and was released in the spring of 1979. The LP was originally issued as number AB-4230 in the Arista Catalog. The album stands as the biggest selling album of Warwick's career , being certified Platinum in the U.S. for sales in excess of 1 million copies. The album's lead single was the track ""I'll Never Love This Way Again"" written by Richard Kerr and Will Jennings, and originally recorded by Cheryl Ladd. It became a major hit, reaching number five"
"the LGBT community. She originally auditioned for the lead role. She has also played a variety of guest roles in other television series, including on ""Murdoch Mysteries"" (2016) and ""12 Monkeys"" (2017). In 2017, she played a supporting role in ""The Carmilla Movie"", a feature film based on the popular web series of the same name. Dominique Provost-Chalkley Dominique Provost-Chalkley (born 24 March 1990) is an English actress. She is known for her role as Waverly Earp on the Canadian-American television series ""Wynonna Earp"" (2016–present). Provost-Chalkley was born in Bristol, England. She is half French Canadian. She began dancing at"
"Dee Dee Warwick Delia Juanita Warrick (September 25, 1942 – October 18, 2008), known as Dee Dee Warwick, was an American soul singer. Born in Newark, New Jersey, she was the sister of Dionne Warwick, the niece of Cissy Houston, and the first cousin of Whitney Houston. She died in Essex County, New Jersey, at 66 years of age. Warwick was born in East Orange, New Jersey, to Mancel Warrick (1911–1977), who began his career as a Pullman porter and subsequently became a chef, a gospel record promoter for Chess Records and later a Certified Public Accountant; and Lee Drinkard-Warrick"
"Clip of the Year. She was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance (1996). Farris was born in Plainfield, New Jersey, United States, the daughter of Larraine (Wall) and Richard Farris, both of who had musical talents and aspirations, and named Dionne for their favorite singer, Dionne Warwick. Farris was raised in Bordentown, New Jersey by her single mother, whose side of the family introduced her to the musical acts that shaped and influenced her as an artist. Farris was a huge Diana Ross fan as a child — one of Farris’ fondest memories was attending"
"which also at times included Lee Warrick's sister, Emily (later known as Cissy Houston), and daughters Dionne and Delia (later better known as Dionne and Dee Dee Warwick). She made her recording debut with the Drinkard Singers - who later became better known as The Sweet Inspirations - on their 1954 album, ""The Newport Spiritual Stars"". She left the Drinkard Singers in 1960 and made her first solo recording, ""More Than You Know"", on Ember Records. This was followed by further singles on several record labels, but with little commercial success, although ""You Busted My Mind"" later became successful on"
"while living in East Orange, New Jersey, she gave birth to her first son, David Elliott. In 1973, her second son Damon Elliott was born. On May 30, 1975, the couple separated and Warwick was granted a divorce in December 1975 in Los Angeles. The court denied Elliott's request for $2000 a month in support pending a community property trial, and for $5000, when he insisted he was making $500 a month in comparison to Warwick making $100,000 a month. Warwick stated in ""Don't Make Me Over: Dionne Warwick"", a 2002 Biography Channel interview, ""I was the breadwinner. The male"
"freedom to produce Warwick without the control of recording company executives and company A&R men. Warwick's musical ability and education would also allow Bacharach to compose more challenging tunes. The demo version of ""It's Love That Really Counts"", along with her original demo of ""Make It Easy on Yourself"", would surface on Warwick's debut Scepter album, ""Presenting Dionne Warwick"", which was released in early 1963. In November 1962, Scepter Records released her first solo single, ""Don't Make Me Over"", the title of which (according to the A&E Biography of Dionne Warwick) Warwick supplied herself when she snapped the phrase at"
"removed and opera legend Leontyne Price is another cousin. He was the nephew of singer Dee Dee Warwick, Dionne's sister. Damon Elliott, the son of actor/jazz drummer Bill Elliott and pop legend Dionne Warwick is a big selling, Grammy Award-winning producer. Damon was ""raised by music"", according to Dionne, whom Damon often accompanied to her studio. Flesh-N-Bone – ""T.H.U.G.S.: Trues Humbly United Gatherin' Souls"" Dionne Warwick – ""Dionne Sings Dionne"" Destiny's Child – ""Survivor"" Pink – ""Missundaztood"" Brooke Allison – ""Brooke Allison"" Kelly Rowland – ""Simply Deep"" Pink – ""Try This"" Mýa – ""Moodring"" ""Holly's World"" – Theme song Kristina"
"successful infomercial for several years and Warwick earned in excess of three million dollars per year as spokesperson for the network. In 1998, Inphomation, the corporation owning the network, filed for bankruptcy and Warwick ended her association with the organization. Warwick's longtime friend and tour manager Henry Carr acknowledged in a 2002 Biography Channel interview that ""when Dionne was going through an airport and a child recognized her as 'that psychic lady on TV,' Dionne was crushed and said she had worked too hard as an entertainer to become known as 'the psychic lady.'"" Warwick's most publicized album during this"
"Hot! Live and Otherwise Hot! Live and Otherwise is a combination live and in-studio album by American singer Dionne Warwick, released in 1981 on Arista Records. The LP was originally issued as number A2L 8605 in the Arista Catalog. An extended version of this album is available having been issued on CD in 2007. The live portion of the albums was recorded over several dates at Harrah's Casino in Reno, Nevada in the spring of 1981. The original 2-LP release featured three sides of live recordings, plus a fourth side of studio recordings, including the pop and AC hit ""Some"
"Soulful (Dionne Warwick album) Soulful, an album by Dionne Warwick, was released in 1969 on Scepter Records. It was the first of Warwick's Scepter albums that did not directly involve her longtime production and songwriting team of Burt Bacharach and Hal David being produced by Warwick and Chips Moman and comprising covers of Soul or what were considered Soul-influenced Pop songs designed to showcase Warwick as more of an R&B singer than had her collaborations with Bacharach and David. Warwick was encouraged to make an R&B album by the surprise appearance of B-side of her smash hit ""Do You Know"
"Diana Warwick, Baroness Warwick of Undercliffe Diana Mary Warwick, Baroness Warwick of Undercliffe (born 16 July 1945) is a Labour member of the House of Lords. Warwick was educated at Bedford College, University of London, BSc Sociology, 1967, now part of Royal Holloway, University of London. She is former Chair of the Human Tissue Authority. She is also Chair of International Students House, London. She was Chief Executive of Universities UK for 14 years. Previously she was General Secretary of the Association of University Teachers from 1983 to 1992 and Chief Executive of the Westminster Foundation for Democracy from 1992"
"""Right Back."" The former song was written by Richard Kerr and Will Jennings – the same writing team that provided Warwick with her gold-selling comeback hit, ""I'll Never Love This Way Again"" in 1979. Hot! Live and Otherwise Hot! Live and Otherwise is a combination live and in-studio album by American singer Dionne Warwick, released in 1981 on Arista Records. The LP was originally issued as number A2L 8605 in the Arista Catalog. An extended version of this album is available having been issued on CD in 2007. The live portion of the albums was recorded over several dates at"
"the Scepter label. The label, with the defection of Warwick to Warner Bros. Records, filed for bankruptcy in 1975 and was sold to Springboard International Records in 1976. Following her signing with Warners, with Bacharach and David as writers and producers, Warwick returned to New York City's A&R Studios in late 1971 to begin recording her first album for the new label, the self-titled ""Dionne"" (not to be confused with her later Arista debut album) in January 1972. The album peaked at #57 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 Album Chart. In 1972, Burt Bacharach and Hal David scored and wrote"
"Arista Records founder Clive Davis. ""I'll Never Love This Way Again"" was certified gold by the RIAA, and both it and ""Deja Vu"" were Grammy winners in 1980. The album was Warwick's first album to be certified platinum. Dionne (album) Dionne is a 1979 album by the vocalist Dionne Warwick. It was recorded during the winter of 1978–79, and was released in the spring of 1979. The LP was originally issued as number AB-4230 in the Arista Catalog. The album stands as the biggest selling album of Warwick's career , being certified Platinum in the U.S. for sales in excess"
"Heartbreaker (Dionne Warwick album) Heartbreaker is a 1982 album by American singer Dionne Warwick, her fourth for the Arista label. It was largely written by the Bee Gees, and produced by Barry Gibb with Karl Richardson and Albhy Galuten; Gibb and Galuten also served as musicians on the album. ""Heartbreaker"" sold an estimated three million copies worldwide. In the United States, the album was certified Gold for sales in excess of 500,000 copies. In the United Kingdom, it reached No. 3 on the UK Albums Chart and was certified Platinum. The title track, which was the album's lead single, hit"
"Dionne Warwick in Paris Dionne Warwick in Paris is Dionne Warwick's sixth album, and was released in 1966 on Scepter Records. It was recorded during Warwick's five-week engagement at the Paris Olympia in January 1966 and was released shortly after the tour was completed. The LP was issued as number 534 in the Scepter Catalog. The liner of this LP is pink with three pictures of Warwick side-by-side, not unlike the ""Make Way for Dionne Warwick"" album two years earlier. The album featured a major hit single that almost didn't happen: ""Message to Michael"". Robin Platts says in his book,"
"songs with David. In 1961 Bacharach discovered singer Dionne Warwick while she was a session accompanist. After agreeing to work with him, Dionne made her professional recording debut and later that year had her first hit, ""Don't Make Me Over"". Bacharach and David then wrote more songs to make use of Warwick's singing talents, which led to one of the most successful teams in popular music history. Over the next 20 years, Warwick's recordings of his songs sold over 12 million copies, with 38 singles making the charts and 22 in the Top 40. Among the hits were ""Walk on"
"and ""Shindig"" but neither side reached the ""Billboard"" Hot 100. Dionne Warwick recorded ""I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself"" at Bell Sound Studios in August 1966 with Burt Bacharach producing; released that September the track is from her third album, ""Here Where There Is Love"" on Scepter Records. The song was a moderate success reaching #26 on the US Hot 100 and #20 on US Hot R&B with its strongest evident regional success in Detroit going Top Ten there. After ""Message to Michael"" and ""Trains and Boats and Planes"" Warwick's ""I Just Don't Know..."" was her third"
"the original singles, and therefore not included in the actual performance. The album's liner quotes a ""Variety"" reviewer as stating that Warwick was ""one Yank singer who could put over her wares completely in English and hit big."" Another song of note on the album is Cole Porter's ""I Love Paris"" which Warwick performed after being introduced on stage by Distel. Dionne Warwick in Paris Dionne Warwick in Paris is Dionne Warwick's sixth album, and was released in 1966 on Scepter Records. It was recorded during Warwick's five-week engagement at the Paris Olympia in January 1966 and was released shortly"
"Dominique Provost-Chalkley Dominique Provost-Chalkley (born 24 March 1990) is an English actress. She is known for her role as Waverly Earp on the Canadian-American television series ""Wynonna Earp"" (2016–present). Provost-Chalkley was born in Bristol, England. She is half French Canadian. She began dancing at the age of four and, at the age of 16, she began training as an actress and singer at the Laine Theatre Arts School; she eventually graduated and secured a role as an alternate in the West End hit musical ""Dirty Dancing"". Provost-Chalkley began appearing on television in 2008 as a dancer in the ITV series"
"by the Northern Irish band, Ash, on their single ""Candy"". Dionne Warwick's session work on the Drifters' track ""Mexican Divorce"" - recorded February 1962 – brought her to the attention of Burt Bacharach who subsequently had Warwick regularly provide vocals on demos of his songs beginning with ""Make It Easy on Yourself"". On the strength of her vocals on another demo: that of ""It's Love That Really Counts"", Warwick was signed by Florence Greenberg of Scepter Records although Greenberg gave the last-named song to the Shirelles as a B-side while rejecting ""Make It Easy on Yourself"" altogether leading to that"
"than nine years and more than 16 million singles in the U.S. alone. Exact figures of her sales are unknown and probably underestimated, due to Scepter Records' apparently lax accounting policies and the company policy of not submitting recordings for RIAA audit. Warwick became the first Scepter artist to request RIAA audits of her recordings in 1967 with the release of ""I Say a Little Prayer."" On September 17, 1969, CBS Television aired Warwick's first television special, entitled ""The Dionne Warwick Chevy Special."" Warwick's guests were Burt Bacharach, George Kirby, Glen Campbell, and Creedence Clearwater Revival. In 1971, Warwick left"
"demo recordings were eventually released in 2006 as the album ""The Heartbreaker Demos"".) Warwick recorded the songs during the spring of 1982, and the album was released that fall. The LP was originally issued as number AL-9609 in the Arista Catalog. The Heartbreaker Demos is a demo version of the album by Barry Gibb. Originally circulating on tape among collectors and later also on CD the album saw wide release on iTunes in October 2006. The album does not include the non-Gibb composition ""Our Day Will Come"". Heartbreaker (Dionne Warwick album) Heartbreaker is a 1982 album by American singer Dionne"
"Heartbreaker (Dionne Warwick song) ""Heartbreaker"" is a 1982 single released by American pop and soul singer Dionne Warwick. The song was written by Bee Gees' Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb, with Barry Gibb's backing vocal being heard on the chorus. It was released from her fourth Arista label studio album of the same name in 1982. Warwick admitted in ""The Billboard Book of Number One Adult Contemporary Hits"" by Wesley Hyatt that she was not fond of ""Heartbreaker"" (regarding the song's international popularity, she quipped, ""I cried all the way to the bank""), but recorded it because she trusted the"
"she writes, teaches, and helps her winemaker husband tend their vineyard. The couple also owns a large restaurant and banquet facility in Placerville, California, named ""Sequoia"". Danica d'Hondt Danica d'Hondt (born May 29, 1939) is an English-Canadian actress, writer and businesswoman. She was a winner of the Miss Canada pageant in 1959 but was born in London, England, of an Irish mother and a Belgian father. She is the sister of Olympic Gold Medalist Walter D'Hondt and the mother of actress America Olivo, mother-in-law of actors Christian Campbell and Jason Brooks. D'Hondt began her career at the age of nine"
"and her ashes scattered off Waikiki Beach. Dvorak has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6321 Hollywood Boulevard for her contribution to motion pictures. It was dedicated February 8, 1960. Ann Dvorak Ann Dvorak (born Anna McKim, August 2, 1911 – December 10, 1979) was an American stage and film actress. Asked how to pronounce her adopted surname, she told ""The Literary Digest"" in 1936: ""My fake name is properly pronounced ""vor'shack"". The ""D"" remains silent. I have had quite a time with the name, having been called practically everything from Balzac to Bickelsrock."" Dvorak was born"
"final recordings in the mid-80s: in 1984 her album ""Dee Dee Warwick, Call Me"" was released on Sutra Records and she subsequently recorded for Heritage. After living in Los Angeles for a number of years, Warwick became a resident of Georgia in 1994. Dee Dee Warwick received a Pioneer Award from the Rhythm and Blues Foundation in 1999. Recordings of both her Mercury years and Atco years are available on CD. In late 2006, Dee Dee returned to success singing background for Dionne in concert, and also was part of the ""Family First"" song in the Tyler Perry movie and"
"Warrick Jr. and two daughters Marie Dionne a/k/a Dionne Warwick and Delia Mae a/k/a Dee Dee Warwick. Renowned soprano Leontyne Price is a Drinkard cousin. Houston is a Christian, and has said that she ""found Christ"" at age 14. In 1955, Houston married Freddie Garland and had a son, Gary Garland, an NBA basketball player and DePaul University Athletic Hall of Famer. The Garlands divorced two years later. In 1959, she married John Russell Houston, Jr., a Newark City administrator and entertainment executive. The couple had a son, Michael Houston, who became a songwriter, and a daughter, Whitney Houston, who"